1. Ask the learned ones when their glory
Was shaken and its parts failed the pillars

2. For many a palace built for the city through them
He rebuilt where it had fallen into ruins

3. The dignity of Egypt was saved from its humiliation
Through it and that sublime position was ennobled

4. And one exceeding proper bounds as a wrongful possessor was turned back
And one exceeding proper bounds as an arbitrator was barred

5. And the noble freemen were pictured in ideals
The followers and the decisive were shaped before it